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· collected 2026-10-11 · by David Smale The Associated Press
Conner Weigman threw four touchdown passes to tight end Patrick Overmyer as No. 22 Houston defeated Kansas State 35-16 on Saturday in Manhattan, Kan. Overmyer tied an FBS record for touchdowns by a tight end. Houston improved to 5-1 overall and 2-1 in the Big 12 conference, while Kansas State fell to 3-2 and 0-2 in conference play.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-11,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Conner Weigman and tight end Patrick Overmyer connected for four touchdown passes and No. 22 Houston beat Kansas State 35-16 on Saturday.
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Houston → connect → Saturday
Overmyer tied an FBS record with his four touchdown receptions as a tight end.
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Overmyer → tie → end
“I’m going to start off with something a little bit different,” Houston coach Willie Fritz said, looking ahead to next Saturday’s matchup with Oklahoma State.
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Fritz → go → State
“We got two teams that are ranked playing next Saturday.
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that → got → teams
We need to get as many Coogs out there as humanly possible.
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We → need → Coogs
It’s going to be great game.
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It → go → ?
(We’ve) got two fantastic quarterbacks, probably two of the better quarterbacks in the nation.
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We → get → nation
“I’m really proud of the guys.
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I → ’m → guys
I thought we played extremely well.
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we → think → ?
We came out of the box hot.
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We → come → box
We really played well in the first half, defensively.
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We → play → half
I thought we did a pretty good job of boxing a dangerous quarterback (Johnson).”
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we → think → quarterback
K-State coach Collin Klein pulled no punches.
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Klein → pull → punches
“They kicked our butts on both sides of the football,” he said.
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he → kick → football
“We weren’t able to get any rhythm, running or throwing the ball.
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We → get → ball
Their offense is capable of controlling the football, and that’s exactly what happened.”
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what → control → football
After forcing a punt on the Wildcats’ opening possession of the second half, Houston responded with a 76-yard drive to take a 28-3 lead.
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Houston → force → lead
Weigman found Overmyer for an 8-yard touchdown strike, the longest of the four scoring plays.
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Weigman → find → plays
K-State used a 13-yard touchdown pass from Johnson to Garrett Oakley to draw to 28-9.
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State → use → 28
But Weigman then found Overmyer again for a 2-yard strike.
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Weigman → find → strike
“He makes my life easy,” Weigman said.
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Weigman → make → ?
We just stuck with the game plan, and we executed when plays were called.”
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plays → stick → plan
Johnson hit Jaron Tibbs for a 6-yard touchdown pass to close the scoring.
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Johnson → hit → scoring
Houston took the opening kickoff and went 75 yards in 12 plays to take a 7-0 lead on a 1-yard pass from Weigman to Overmyer.
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Houston → take → Overmyer
After Luis Rodriguez hit a 29-yard field goal to trim the deficit to 7-3, the Cougars used another 12-play, 75-yard drive to open a double-digit lead.
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Cougars → hit → lead
Weigman hit Overmyer with a 2-yard TD pass.
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Weigman → hit → pass
Overmyer wasn’t too interested in taking credit for tying the FBS record.
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Overmyer → take → record
“It’s awesome,” he said.
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he → ’ → ?
“But I just want to say thank you to my coaches and my team.
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I → want → coaches
They’re the ones that put me in that opportunity, and I was just lucky enough to be there when my name was called.
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name → ’re → opportunity
So all credit goes to them.
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credit → go → them
But Fritz was willing to give it.
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Fritz → give → it
“A lot of times when you get into two tight end sets, we run the ball a lot,” he said.
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he → get → ball
“We can throw it too because those two guys are like receivers.
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guys → throw → receivers
Houston stretched it to 21-3 with 3:17 left in the first half on a 13-yard run by Makhi Hughes.
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Houston → stretch → Hughes
The Cougars came into the game third in FBS in first downs per game at 27.2, going against K-State’s fifth-best, first-down defense.
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Cougars → come → defense
Houston had 26 first downs, including 16 in the first half.
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Houston → have → half
The Wildcats’ passing defense let them down.
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defense → let → them
They came into the game leading the nation with 106.3 yards allowed per game but gave up more than that before halftime.
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They → come → halftime
Up next
Houston: Hosts No. 18 Oklahoma State next Saturday.
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Houston → host → State
…and 1 more, not listed.
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